The Chinese driver`s license is well known in Australia.
Australia is a country where there is no car and there is no way to live outside of city, the (cun). Of the (xiang) family.
Many newcomers to Australia, especially temporary job and student visa holders, are buying cars or renting cars directly using the driver`s license from the domestic test.
But this policy, which has brought us a great deal of convenience recently, is likely to be cancelled!
Australia`s road regulations are very strict, but the use of international driving licences in Australia is very loose, foreigners only need to hold an international driver`s license within the validity period.
After looking for a legal translator to translate into English, you can drive legally in Australia.
According to Australian media reports, Senator Sarah Henderson has formally submitted the proposal to Congress in the hope of banning the arbitrary use of international driving licences in Australia.
She also describes the two main reasons for submitting the proposal on her personal website.
First, 20% of traffic accidents on Dayang Road are international driver`s license holders.
Second, there have been too many international drivers` license holders in Australia who are not just tourists, but may also be migrant workers with work visas, or foreign students holding student visas.
"Tourism is the lifeline of Oceania Road, but overseas tourists must be safe on the road and do not pose a danger to other drivers or pedestrians," she said.
She also said these drivers were moving time bombs!
She also suggested that rental companies should force international license holders to watch traffic regulations and safe driving videos before renting a car.
Carry out stricter examination of driver`s license, such as increasing the conditions and restrictions on the use of international driver`s license.
There is also a review of the previous traffic records.
If the proposal is adopted, the international driver`s license holder may also be subject to a rigorous theoretical test of traffic regulations in Australia.
The specific approach has not been finalized.
Because of the use of an international driver`s license in Australia, there is no distinction between any country and the corresponding rules and standards.
For example, left and right Tuo, road signs, and so on.
Many foreign drivers came to Australia to drive without adjusting to the direction of the Australian road or even the English language on the road signs.
There is no guarantee of road safety!
Take Oceania Road in the Australian resort state of Victoria, for example. Last year`s data showed that a red-light camera on Ocean Road photographed nearly 10,000 speeding by drivers.
And how many of them involve Chinese tourists?
The old editor randomly searched the Google for keywords such as "Oceania Road" and "speeding". There were a large number of self-driving Chinese tourists discussing how to do about speeding on Oceania Road, whether to pay fines, and how to pay them.
There are also a number of fine introduction, prevention and punishment strategy.
It can be seen that ocean road speeding has become a common occurrence of Chinese tourists.
Speaking of which, although the Sarah Henderson has been criticized by the Australian media for being xenophobic, the old editor thinks her proposal is reasonable.
Some other partners complain that such a loose international driving license policy, to put it to the bottom, is not because of the money, let the international driving license in Australia, how much commercial profits?
You may not have any idea.
The editor asked you to look at a set of data, the Skenes Creek red-light camera on Oceania Road, which recorded more than 9800 speeding cases in 2017 and involved a fine of up to A $2.5 million, making it the highest "revenue-generating" camera in Victoria.
Only one camera worked for just 11 days, 274 hours, the equivalent of shooting a driving violation every 100 seconds.
At the intersection of Fyans St Street and Latrobe Terrace, there were more than 1600 red lights and fines totalling A $641000.
But the international driver`s license cannot deduct the points, need to pay the local driver`s license double the amount fine.
In other words, there is an unlimited violation of the law, the possibility of unlimited fines.
Car rental companies are the first to bear the brunt, knowing that more than half of the company`s revenue comes from overseas tourists` car rental business.
Australia`s largest rental car company, Apollo Tourism, held its biggest celebration party some time ago.
To celebrate their net profits for the last three years.
Inconceivably 2.66 times.
This growth in Australia, where RV popularity is so common, is startling.
In 2017, Australia`s major car rental companies, almost all achieved a significant increase in performance.
It is not hard to imagine that this effort should be attributed to the influx of Chinese tourists into Australia.
So Ms Sarah Henderson`s proposal was opposed not only by Chinese drivers, but also by many interest groups.
It is up to us to see if Congress will pass the bill.
The editor reminds old drivers that it is not important to use a driver`s license, but it is really responsible for yourself and others to abide by the rules of the Australian states.
I wish all of you who travel outside the Spring Festival can also get in and out of the country safely!
